Holi is the festival of colors, where celebrants throw brightly colored powders (gulal) at one anoth

Holi is the festival of colors, where celebrants throw brightly colored powders (gulal) at one another while singing and dancing to celebrate the arrival of spring. Here the artist has thrown pigment on the surface of the drawing in a similar spirited manner. Powders were traditionally made from finely ground plants, flowers, fruits, and medicinal herbs such as neem, hibiscus, indigo, beetroot, and turmeric.

“Noblemen on Elephant during Holi Festival,” late 1700s, India